Other folks aren’t as delighted with Musk or his doings as the president is.
These are a few of the more memorable epithets that have been hurled his way.
However, when you have a similar-sounding name, you just set yourself up for tweaking by online wits.
The nickname caught fire and has been reused many times on Twitter/X and Reddit over the years.
Some X users have even created accounts using variants of the name.
“For a while, I referred to the dumbass as Elongated Muskrat.
I will do my best to repent.”
Asked where the name came from, Bankstweeted, “I freestyled that.”
Banks is unapologetic about targeting Musk.
“He’s like Older White Male Lindsay Lohan … this is pop culture honey.”
Could another viral Elon nickname be on the horizon?
He repeated the performance at another rally a few days later, leaping triumphantly before the approving crowd.
Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s running mate, was less approving of the stunt.
The slaps didn’t stop after the election.
Twice in February 2025, Walz jabbed at Musk on his own X platform.
Trump should stop him."
This time, Musk was ready with an I’m-rubber-you’re-glue retort: “What’s your name again?
It was a clever mashup of Musk’s SpaceX venture and the whiny, entitled “Karen” archetype.
His fans, naturally, were there for it.
“I love it that a guy so smart and so busy with such lofty things as govt.
Other reactions weren’t as complimentary.
